Question follow-through · 21706
Royal Mail
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the sale of Royal Mail on its (a) workforce and (b) customers.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 3 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 8 Jan 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the sale of Royal Mail on its (a) workforce and (b) customers.
8 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Government has ensured that the potential takeover of Royal Mail has been properly scrutinised and that appropriate guarantees have been put in place to protect the interests of the workforce, customers and the country. These guarantees include the bi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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